Letters: Coordination or control?

The edit “Competing exemptions” (June 12) rightly questions the need for bringing telecommunications and banking within the ambit of the Competition Commission of India (CII). The need for coordination between organisations arises from the degree of interdependence of their functions. Such a situation does not seem to exist here. If one of the regulators falters in its responsibility, the remedy is to improve its working rather than a check by another entity. Moreover, regulators in these two sectors – the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Reserve bank of India (RBI) – have very able people running them. So, the idea of putting these sectors under CCI seems to be a camouflage to monitor and control them rather than coordinate their activities. Moreover, the assignment of resolving conflicts between sector regulators and CCI to a Cabinet committee would add layers to the decision-making process that is already fraught with delays.

Y G Chouksey Pune

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